Magic Albert’s big chestnut son Suyoof’s victory in Saturday’s R250 000 Gr3 Tony Ruffel Stakes had class act written all over it and he now ranks as a top starter for the Gauteng Guineas
“Mubtaahij is being prepared for the Dubai World Cup, a race I believe he can win. What happens between now and 26 March is irrelevant!”
Two of the main contenders for the 2016 Dubai World Cup will be in action at Meydan Racecourse today for the best Dubai World Cup Carnival action of the year so far
A spate of exotic carryovers has not made things easy for punters recently. With a dip from the Met and Million Dollar razzmatazz to the daily grind of this week’s bread-and-butter fare, the chances of more dicey results looks very likely.
Mike de Kock enjoyed a stellar outing at the fourth meeting of the 2016 Dubai World Cup Carnival, saddling three winners, two seconds and one third on his way to an eighth Group 2 Al Rashidiya success, courtesy of Forries Waltz
Mike de Kock has made a flying start to his 2016 Dubai campaign and he sends out a big name or two today
The evening’s topliner is the Al Fahidi Fort, a Gr2 feature which Mike de Kock has won six times since 2003. The race also hosts the international debut of the Paul Lafferty-trained Harry’s Son
Forries Waltz, a son of SA-based stallion Grey’s Inn, won a keenly contested $US110,000 Handicap over a mile at Meydan in Dubai on Thursday night
“We have the autumn feature season coming up in Gauteng so we’ll probably point him at the Horse Chestnut 1600 or the Classic early in April.”
The stable had a good start to the Carnival with a win, two thirds and two fourths and with the likes of Mubtaahij, Ertijaal (AUS), Tannaaf, Tellina, Liquid Mercury, Mastermind and others being prepared for forthcoming meetings, things look well on target for big season
Mike de Kock fields nine runners at this opening meeting and he jokingly described them as his ‘Squad Of Pensioners’
A Cape jockey has told of the enormous relief and the burden lifted from his shoulders on Friday after two well-known racing men took the cudgels up on his behalf some months ago to defend the father of four against an NHRA charge
A Pick 6 carryover of R2 million is set to take the exotic pool to R15 million, while the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup sees a Quartet carryover of R1 million and a likely pool of R5 million
